This is an analysis of The Wind Was Rough Which Tore by Emily Jane Brontë.

The wind was rough which tore
That leaf from its parent tree…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cb cXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,3,
  • Metre: 011111 1100101 0111011 0100101 11011111 000101 11100 11010111 010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9

Anaphora

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